Railway transfer apparatus.



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H. H. PORTER, JR- RAILWAY TRANSFER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1902.

PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

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PATBNTED JULY 28, 1903.

H. H. PORTER, JR. RAILWAY TRANSFER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION. FILED MAR. 5, 1902.

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1 UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903.

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HENRYH. PORTER, JR., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SWANITZ COMPANY, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF 'DELAVVARE.

. RAILWAY TRANSFER APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,610, dated July 28, 1903. Application filed March 5, 1902. Serial No. 96,758. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRYH. PORTER, Jr.

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

I lowing is a specification.

The first of the objects of my present invention is the provision of a novel arrangement of railway transfer apparatus in which there is employed, in combination with a traction-floor andtrolley-plate, located above the same, a rail-track connecting with said traction-floor and a trolley-wire connecting with said trolley-plate.

Another object of my-present invention is the combination, with the device already enumerated, of means for facilitating the running of the truck from the traction-floor to the outside, and vice versa, and a protective covering for the traction-floor, from which is suspended the trolley-plate, within which are arranged suitable platforms which may be used in connection with the other apparatus.

In carrying out my invention I provide mechanism which I have illustrated in pre ferred form in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view illustrating my improvements, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the same.

At 3 I have shown a traction-floor having a smooth upper surface and protected by a covering 4, from which is suspended a trolleyplate 5 in the manner shown. protective covering I arrange, at each side thereof, a couple of platforms'dand 7, adjacent to which upon the outside of the covering are disposed tracks 8 and 9, adapted to receive cars 10 for loading or unloading mer- 'chandise.

tion-floor 3.

To the trolley-plate 5 there is connected a trolley-wire 14., which extends out and over the track 12 as a means for supplying power Within the to motordriven cars traveling upon said track, one of said cars being shown at 15, the same being provided with wheels which are constructed to run equally well upon the traction floor or track, as desired, and provided with a novel form of trolley 16, for instance, (see Fig. 2,) which has a wheel arranged to run equally well in contact with the trolley-plate or trolley-wire 14..

By the combination of devicesabove enumerated it is obvious that I have provided.

Having thus described my invention, wha

-I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A railway transfer apparatus comprising in combination with an electrically-driven truck a traction-floor, a trolley-plate above said floor, a rail-track continuous with the floor, and a trolley-wire adjacent to said track.

,2. A railway transfer apparatus comprisin g i n combination with an electrically-driven truck a traction-floor, a trolley-plate above said floor, a rail-track connecting with said floor, and a trolley-wire adjacent to said railtrack, said trolley-wire connecting with said trolley-platewhereby to form acontinuous conductor with the latter, substantially as described.

3. A railway transfer apparatus comprising in combination with an electrically-driven truck a traction-floor, a protective covering for said floor, a trolley-plate above said floor suspended from said protective covering, a rail-track extending outside said protective covering andconnecting with 'saidtractionfloor, and a trolley-wire adjacent to said railtrack and connecting with said trolley-plate, substantially as described.

4. In railway transfer apparatus the combination of a covered traction-floor, a trolleyplate above said floor, a railway-track continuous with the floor and a trolley-wire parallel therewith connected with said trolleyplate, and a truck adapted to run at will either upon the floor or along said track, substan- 5 tially as described.

5. In railway transfer apparatus the combination with a covered traction-floor, a trolley-plate above said floor, a railway-track and trolley-wire connected respectively with said floor and said trolley-plate, and a truck pro- 10 vided with wheels adapted to run either upon the said floor or upon the said track and driven by a current from said trolley plate and wire.

HENRY H. PORTER, JR.

Witnesses:

PAUL 'SYNNESTVEDT, H. W. SMALLEY. 

